Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 811

Just as more and more white people are actively learning Chinese, white people are more and more accepting of Chinese medicine.

One fact has to be admitted that dignitaries are the weather vane of the whole society. When national leaders such as Adelaide and Philip began to accept Chinese medicine treatment, Chinese medicine received more and more attention.

Rock is definitely happy to hear this. Whether it is traditional Chinese medicine, western medicine, or modern medicine, as long as it is beneficial to southern Africa, Rock will let it develop freely. Which kind of medicine can be popular depends on the whole society. The common choice, at present, it seems that Chinese medicine has already taken the lead.

Negotiations cannot be concluded in a day or two. Rock only showed his face on the first day, and returned to Pretoria by train that night.

The Umbrella Corporation's aggressive expansion on the peninsula finally triggered a strong resistance from the Persians. The remnants of the Muscat Sultanate launched a counterattack to Muscat on the first day of the New Year. When unidentified militants attacked, the two places were [-] kilometers apart, and the time of the incident was less than three hours apart. Rock had reason to believe that there must be an unknown connection between the two places.

To Rock's relief, Tang En and Li De performed well. The Umbrella Company's garrison in Muscat withstood the attack of the remnants of the Muscat Sultanate and wiped out the intruders within twelve hours. The enemy, fifteen mercenaries from the Umbrella Company died in the battle, and more than forty people were injured. The rabble in Muscat then fell apart.

"15 people died and more than [-] people were injured. How many enemies did they kill?" Ade was more concerned about the record of the mercenaries than the loss.

"Probably more than 6000 people. The exact number is still unknown. When the rebels drove away, they took the corpses and fled into the nearby mountains. It is impossible to count them now." Rock understated that it is impossible to count accurately. Nor does he need these feats for publicity.

"The people in Muscat are almost dead—" Ade has a complicated expression. The former Aliba dynasty spanned the Asian and African continents, but now it has disappeared. The Sultanate of Zanzibar was wiped out by the British. Muscat The Sultanate was eliminated by the Sultanate of Najd, and even the place name Muscat may disappear in the future, so as to avoid arousing special memories of certain groups.

"No one cares about this issue." Philip, who has worked in the Ministry of Colonial Affairs, is also an avid colonial pioneer.

After successfully passing the budget, the relationship between Adelaide and Philip has also eased a lot.

Rock played a huge role between Ade and Philip. On weekdays, Ade and Philip seldom met unless necessary, but Rock didn't want to say the same thing twice, so he simply invited Ade and Philip together for a one-time report. It is better to solve the problem by putting it on the table.

There is at least one more communication channel, and many problems are caused by misunderstandings due to lack of timely communication.

"Many people did die when the Najd Sultanate attacked the Muscat Sultanate." Roque blamed Ali Rashid for everything. Colonial aggression must be evil and shameless. Attacks are very normal. The history of Persian wars has been massacring cities for many days. This kind of thing is not uncommon.

"Then end this as quickly as possible, and don't let similar incidents happen again." Adelaide is also ruthless. The shortage of manpower in southern Africa has been greatly alleviated. Now there is no need to use Muscat people to deal with Muscat. Take actual control, since it will be done once and for all.

"I'm going to transfer the cruiser Edward to Port Elizabeth." Roque also wants to demonstrate the military strength of southern Africa. With the expansion of the Umbrella Company's sphere of influence, conflicts with the Ottoman and Qajar dynasties are inevitable. Next to Port Elizabeth are Basra and Ahvaz is a very important oil producing area, belonging to the Ottoman Empire and the Qajar Dynasty respectively. Rock wants to monopolize the oil and gas resources of the peninsula, and the next thing to deal with is the Ottoman Empire and the Qajar Dynasty.

Coincidentally, these two countries are dying. The Ottoman Empire has been hit by the North African War and the Balkan War. The Qajar Dynasty has now become a common colony of Britain and Russia. It is very important that the future world map is basically the foundation laid during this ten-year period. How much Southern Africa can gain in this once-in-a-lifetime decade depends on the determination of Rock, Ade, and Philip. how big.

Still the same sentence, if Ade and Philip disagree, then Rock will take the entire peninsula into his pocket in another way through the umbrella company. In comparison, all the efforts are worthwhile.

As the peninsula's oil and gas resources become more and more important, Adelaide and Philip's determination to the peninsula is also increasing. However, Adelaide and Philippe glanced at Rock's aggressiveness, and both of them had worries in their eyes.

"Port Elizabeth is not a territory of southern Africa after all—" Ade was still worried about international pressure.

"Can large warships berth at Port Elizabeth?" Philip is concerned about military presence. Compared with the dreadnoughts of maritime powers, the Edward is indeed dwarfed, but the Edward is already the most powerful warship in southern Africa. For the old and decaying Ottoman The Imperial Navy and the Qajar Navy are also cutting-edge warships.

The performance of the Ottoman Empire’s navy in the Italian-Turkish war was disappointing. The Italian navy, which had just been established for a few years, was already weak enough in the eyes of Britain, France and Germany, but the Ottoman Empire’s navy still had almost no bright spots in the war, except for crossing the Suez Canal. The Ottoman navy played some role when Tripoli was resupplying, but was almost non-existent at other times.

The Italian Navy invaded and occupied the Dodecanese Islands at the end of the Italian-Turkish War and approached Constantinople. The navy of the Ottoman Empire did not dare to go out to fight. It is really surprising to see the Italian Navy occupying the Dodecanese Islands.

As for the Qajar navy—

Rock didn't even know if the Qajar dynasty still had a navy. Maybe they did, but they had never seen them in the Persian Gulf. Not a level.

"I'm going to build a new military port next to Port Elizabeth." Rock's ambitions are big. Royal Shell and Standard Oil wanted to build a port along the Persian Gulf before, but they haven't put it into action. If it is not repaired, first occupy all the places suitable for the construction of the port.

"Then it's in the territory of the Ottoman Empire—" Ade is familiar with the terrain of the peninsula. Next to Port Elizabeth is the mouth of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, which is now the territory of the Ottoman Empire.

"No, it's in Persia." Rock is very ambitious. Persia is only beyond the mouth of the Mesopotamia. Rock is going to take away all the pots and not leave a mouthful of soup.

"That means you are now going to provoke the Ottoman Empire and Persia at the same time." Ade was speechless. He was not actually a dove, but he did not approve of Rock's unscrupulous reaching out.

"Look at the performance of the Ottoman Empire in the North African War and the Balkan War. They deserved it." Philip is also a radical hawk. The performance of the Ottoman Empire in these two wars was really unbearable.

"It's not yet time to carve up the Ottoman Empire. A few destroyers can be sent there, but the cruiser Edward can't." Ade has reservations. As the most powerful warship in southern Africa, the cruiser Edward cannot be sent out easily.

"Mr. Minister, a telegram from Port Elizabeth." Patton hurriedly dressed in military uniform.

The Babu uprising broke out in Persia, Ahvaz was besieged by the Babu, two oil derricks of Royal Shell were destroyed, a Standard Oil convoy was attacked, and the armed personnel escorting the convoy suffered heavy casualties. Cars were burned.

Religious contradictions in Persia are prominent. Since the middle of the last century, the Babu believers have staged uprisings many times, which have been strongly suppressed by the Persian government.

As major oil companies gathered in Ahvaz to exploit oil, the conflict between oil workers and local people became more and more acute. The Babu religion took the opportunity to stage an uprising again, trying to expel the oil company in Ahvaz.

Umbrella and Adan Company are Roque's enterprises, and Ade and Philip don't speak, it depends on how Roque handles it.

"I have ordered the removal of the oil well in Ahvaz and the withdrawal of personnel to Port Elizabeth." Rock's response caught Ade and Philip by surprise.

"The oil reserves in Ahvaz are still very rich——" Philip disagreed. At this time, dismantling the oil well and withdrawing personnel is tantamount to handing over the benefits to other oil companies.

Ade obviously didn't agree, but he didn't express his position in a hurry, waiting to hear Rock's explanation.

"The anti-British sentiment in the Kingdom of Persia is serious. Although the coast of the Persian Gulf is our sphere of influence, we have not obtained the benefits we deserve from the coast of the Persian Gulf. Now that oil has been discovered in Ahvaz, almost all oil companies around the world have flocked to it. , we should take advantage of this opportunity to reshuffle the cards and drive away the power of the major oil companies from Ahvaz with the help of the believers, and then we will develop the oil in Ahwaz calmly." Rock's words satisfied Adelaide I'm also a little worried. If you look at it this way, maybe this uprising of the Babu believers was created by Rock.

In this regard, Rock and his umbrella company can also be regarded as repeat offenders.

(End of this chapter)